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Current epidemiological profile of the Mpox virus in Africa; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

BackgroundThe Mpox virus has caused two major outbreaks in the last three years. The first Mpox outbreak was in 2022,and it spread mainly in Europe and the Americas. The second …

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How to improve healthcare workersâ motivation to adopt and effectively utilize new technologies, such as smart paper technology, designed to improve data capture in their work environment; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: Over the past five years, Mukono district has implemented smart paper technology(SPT) to improve data capture and reporting efficiency in health facilities, focusing on the ExpandedProgram on Immunization (EPI). …

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Interventions to Improve HPV Screening Rates in Mukono District; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background:The Uganda Ministry of Health monitors HPV screening through district-level data collection,incentivizing active monitoring. In Mukono District, efforts have focused on educating HIV-infectedwomen and providing sample self-collection kits for convenience. …

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Strategies for reducing mortality due to motorcycle accidents; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: The rise in morbidity and mortality from motorcycle-related injuries is concerning, especially with the increasing popularity of motorcycles for transportation. Despite this trend, the management of crash victims has …

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Understanding the Problem of Maternal and Perinatal Deaths in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: Maternal and perinatal mortality in Uganda remains a significant public health issue despite various healthcare interventions. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy or …

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Why immunisation coverage is not recovering; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background:The Uganda Ministry of Health monitors HPV screening through district-level data collection, incentivizing active monitoring. In Mukono District, efforts have focused on educating HIV-infected women and providing sample self-collection kits …

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Why vaccine coverage, which dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, is slow to recover, particularly in Kampala and Wakiso; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a major disruption to the delivery of healthcare services,including routine immunization, leading to a sharp decline in vaccine coverage. In 2021, 25 million childrenmissed their …

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Enhancing youthsâ role in the mitigation of climate change effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2023
brief
Health Research

Background: The impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health include increases in GBV, strained access to SRH services resulting in unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases,among others. Furthermore, …

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Strategies to improve vaccination data capture in Ugandaâs health information management system; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: In Mukono District, Uganda, the issue of zero-dose childrenâthose who have notreceived any routine vaccinationsâarises from discrepancies, for instance, in populationdenominator data, delayed reporting through the Health Management Information …

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What is new in HIV/AIDS research in developing countries?
Kamali Anatoli
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

HIV epidemic has had greatest impact in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and mainly in East and Southern Africa with HIV prevalence in some parts going up to 30%. In the recent …

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Research on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV in rural south west Uganda, 1989-2010
Kamali Anatoli B.
2012
Dissertation
Health Research

This thesis is based on research on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV among adults in rural Masaka district, Uganda (1989-2010). Arising from this research are 10 published papers, which …

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Heterogeneity of HIV incidence: a comparative analysis between fishing communities and in a neighbouring rural general population, Uganda, and implications for HIV control
Asiki G, Kaleebu P, Kamali A, Price MA, Ruzagira E, Bahemuka U, Newton R, Nsubuga RN, Fast P
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives To describe HIV heterogeneity in rural Uganda using incidence data collected between January 2012 and December 2014 among fishing cohort (FC) and in an adjacent rural general population cohort …

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Association between crural vessel patency and successful transmetatarsal amputation: a single centre experience
Kamali Dariush, Thomas Matthew, Loo Peter Van, Nichol Ian
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background:Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) has a reputation for failure, centred around wound breakdown. No study has looked at the direct association between the patency of individual crural arteries and the healing …

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A Case of Recrudescence Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Treated with Atovaquone-Proguanil
Kaman A., Tanır G., Akkaya B., Bayhan G.İ., Gayretli Aydın Z.G., Aydın Teke T.
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Dyslipidaemia and hypertension among adults with diabetes in rural Uganda
Kamara NT, Asiimwe S
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dyslipidaemia and hypertension in patients with diabetes increase the risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications.We took anthropometric measurements, lipids, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar of 150 diabetics and 151 …

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Understanding Caregivers Perceptions of Malnutrition in the Jinja District of Uganda
Kamara Kimberly
2013
Dissertation
Health Research

Background: In 2006, 16.4% of children under 5 years were reported to be underweight in Uganda. In spite of this high prevalence, only 3.3% of children taken to the Allan …

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The Socioeconomic and Sexual Health Status of Young People Living in Urban Slum Areas of Kampala, Uganda
Kamara JK, Namugambe BM, Egessa R, Kamanga G, Renzaho AMN
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Slum dweller youth in Kampala, Uganda, face social economic exclusion and a plethora of health risks, and their needs are poorly understood. The aim of the current study was to …

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POSC165 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Free Anti-Hypertensive Medicines on Blood Pressure Among HIV Positive Patients at IDI
Lamorde M., Kamara Y., Laker E., Anguzu G., Semeere A.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: To determine the cost effectiveness of free anti-hypertensive drug intervention on HIV patients with hypertension. 1.To determine the impact of increased access to free-anti-hypertensive on median blood pressure. 2.To …

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Medicinal plants of Otwal and Ngai Sub Counties in Oyam District, Northern Uganda
Kamatenesi MM, Acipa A, Oryem-Origa H
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: An ethnobotanical study was carried out in four parishes in the Ngai and Otwal Sub Counties in Oyam district, Northern Uganda, where insurgency has been prevalent for the past …

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